FOOD PRICES WILL BE HIGHER 
PLANT A GURNEY GA 
EN 
BE THRIFTY! GROW YOUR OWN 
TO GET GENUINE GURNET SEED ORDER FROM THIS CATALOG 
Don’t take chances of getting OLD SEED FROM SEED BOXES. 
Order from Gurney’s and get only pure, NEW CROP seed of 
HIGH GERMINATION. 
In our trial gardens each year we test hundreds of varieties of 
flowers and vegetables, discarding the poor ones and list only 
those which are DEFINITELY BETTER than the older varieties. 
TREATED 
GARDEN SEEDS 
Our garden seed is all 
DUST TREATED to 
destroy any disease that 
may be carried on the 
seed. This is important. 
INSIST on DUSTED 
SEED. 
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GARDEN SEED PRICES 
Yes, prices are higher BUT NOT 
AT GURNEY’S. You are still able 
to plant a Gurney Garden at a big 
saving as you have done in the past. 
We want you to COMPARE 
OUR PRICES with others, and I 
am sure you will make your 1940 
garden a Gurney Garden. 
We pay transportation charges on 
all Vegetable and Flower Seeds in 
Packets, Ounces, H Pints, 1 Pound 
and 5 Pound Lots. 
Please be sure to inclose postage 
for any articles not Postpaid by us. 
GURNEY GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all of our seed to 
arrive in good condition, and to be of 
satisfactory purity and germination. 
Upon arrival you may test it in 
any way you wish, and if for any 
reason you are not satisfied, you 
may return the seed to us either for 
a full refund of your money and 
transportation charges, or exchange 
it for other seed of equal value. 
We do not and can not guarantee 
a crop, as that depends upon condi¬ 
tions beyond our control, such as 
weather, insect damage, etc. 
FREE 
FREE - FREE 
YOUR ORDERS 
ARE APPRECIATED. 
They will be packed 
carefully and SOME¬ 
THING FREE will be 
included with each order 
for garden seed or 
flower seed. 
A GARDEN FOR A DOLLAR!! 
When you order this SI. 00 garden, you are not ordering just a dollar’s 
worth of garden seed, YOU ARE ORDERING crisp radishes, sweet and 
tender beans, peas, and sweet corn, wonderful cabbage and cucumbers. 
The finest beets, carrots, and tomatoes, and the most delicious watermelons 
you have ever tasted. 
This garden should REDUCE YOUR GROCERY BILLS all summer 
and leave a lot of canned and fresh vegetables IN YOUR CELLAR to help 
out on winter expenses. 
1 oz. Beets Gurney’s Dakota Wonder. $.12 
16 Pint Beans Stringless Green Pod. 10 
16 Pint Beans Gurney’s Everbearing Wax. 12 
1 oz. Carrot Danvers Half Long. 12 
1 Pkt. Cabbage Gurney’s Early Ballhead. 06 
1 Pkt. Cucumber Black Diamond. 05 
'6 Pint Sweet Corn Golden Bantam. $.10 
1 Pkt. Kohl-Rabi Early White Vienna. 05 
1 Pkt. Lettuce Grand Rapids. 05 
1 Pkt. Muskmelon Gurney’s Golden Ice Cream. 06 
1 Pkt. Onion Southport Red Globe. 05 
1 Pkt. Parsnip Short Thick. 06 
*6 Pint Peas Gurney’s Big Dakota. 12 
16 Pint Peas Alaska Earliest of All. 10 
1 Pkt. Radish Early Scarlet Turnip White Tip. 05 
1 Pkt. Radish Crimson Giant. 05 
1 Pkt. Salsify Oyster Plant. 05 
1 Pkt. Spinach King of Denmark. 05 
1 Pkt. Tomato Early All Red. 08 
1 Pkt. Watermelon Red Seeded Hutchinson. 06 
VALUE.$1.5© 
YOUK . 
BARGAIN PRICI 
E . . $1.0< 
) POSTPAID 
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